Occult

Occult or Occultism is the is usually defined as the study and gaining of knowledge that is hidden, magical, alchemy, mystical, extra-sensory perception, vedic astrology, spiritualism, Near death like experiences, divination, out of body experiences, rebirth or reincarnation, NDE and super natural powers etc . Various interpretations of occultism and its concepts can be found in the belief structures of philosophies and religions such as Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, Theosophy, Paganism, Eastern philosophy Of India, Western esotericism, and Christian mysticism.

Question : Can a departed spirit take any material form?

Answer:
Yes. All spirits do not possess the power of materialization. Only
advanced spirits that are endowed with psychic power are able to
materialize. They take human form, sit in the chair in the seance and
shake hands with those who sit in the seance. They talk also. The touch
is as tangible and warm as that of a living human body. In a short time,
the hand of the spirit melts away. Photographs of the spirits also have
been taken.

Question: If an individual is a Perfect Master, he is capable
of functioning on all planes at the same time. He possesses to a
remarkable degree the powers of clairvoyance and clairaudience. Can he
not read the thoughts of the student before the student has time to
utter them, before the student can bring out his questions, as Sri
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa did? Can one who has such powers, even of
thought-reading, be regarded as a Master?

Answer:
Clairvoyance and clairaudience are not always automatic processes.
Unless the Master directs his attention towards someone, he need not
necessarily be aware of the seeker's mentality and doubts. Imagine a
seer or a Perfect Master who is ever aware of what everybody thinks! A
Siddha does see and hear everything in Samadhi. This everything comes
then to mean the Self or Atman or Supreme Consciousness where the
individual thoughts and words cease to exist as such.Powers like
thought-reading do not necessarily connote perfection; and perfection
cannot be vetoed by the absence of these powers. A Perfect Master can
acquire these powers if he so wills; but you cannot force him to.

Question : Does a full-fledged Yogi not feel tempted to test his Yogic powers? Is such testing justified?

Answer: A full-fledged Yogi can never have the idea either to test himself or his powers. If such be the case, he should in no way be considered full-fledged or well-baked. It is only the raw, the ill-expanded and half-baked Sadhaks or Yogins that will have the inclination to test their own selves, i.e., their progress, by virtue of the powers they might have acquired.

Yogic powers cannot but manifest in proportion to the amount of progress one makes in Yoga as per the injunctions laid down in the Yoga Sastras; and they are surely a detriment to one's further progress if even the slightest attention is paid towards them either to advertise oneself or to test oneself. Every day, every minute, nay, every second, will see some blissful experience or the other even without the wish of the Yogic aspirant. As these experiences manifest of their own accord, the aspirant is to remain indifferent and unconcerned and wonder at the glory of glorious God; and he should not care to have even a knowledge of the experiences. Only then, and then alone, can he be expected to have onward progress. A full-fledged Yogi is he who has attained Self-realization through the medium of Yoga and so there can never be any temptation in him to know who he is or how far he has progressed by dint of the powers acquired.

Is it possible for a soul with a male body to take a female body in the next incarnation?

Answer: O, yes. The soul must undergo various experiences in different bodies. In the male body, the soul experiences the qualities of boldness, strength, etc., and patience, mercy, kindness, forgiveness, etc. in the female body. Moreover, neither a man is a full man nor a woman a full woman. There is woman in man and man in woman also. There are animal traits also in man. There is the dog in some men, there is the donkey in some, there is the jackal in some and the tiger in others. Whichever quality is predominant, the soul takes a body with that particular quality in the next incarnation. Therefore, develop divine qualities. You will evolve quickly and become divinity itself in the end.

Question: What is astral body?

Answer:
The astral body is the subtle body which is within this physical body
like the bladder of a football. It is an exact counterpart of the
physical body. It is made up of the five organs of action, the five
organs of knowledge, the five Pranas, mind, intellect, Chitta or the
subconscious mind, and Ahankar or egoism. Some call it "the double". It
is this astral body that comes out of the physical body after death and
moves to heaven. Death of this astral body through the knowledge of the
Eternal frees one from the cycle of births and deaths......

Question : How can enter the body of another?

Answer: When the cause of bondage has been eliminated, the mind can enter another's body through knowledge of its channels.The highly advanced Yogi has given up attachment to life and has developed intuitive knowledge of the physical body, he gains the ability to use another's body for the purpose of helping and teaching others. This is not the same as possession by lower astral entities. The perfected yogi acts purely through the Self, which is common to all, and is thus merely directing Divine energy.

Question: The Atman is different from the body and is not affected by the latter's doings. The body is reborn a number of times according to its Karma and goes through life and death as per the Supreme Will. If this is so, then who goes to hell or heaven?Answer: The real experiencer of anything, in an individualistic way, is neither the Self nor the physical body. It is the mind that is the centre of individuality, that individualizes and imprisons a ray of the Atman in what is called the individual soul. And it is this mind, as embodied in the subtle body, that undergoes the pleasure of heaven or the pains of hell, or for that matter, any experience through a gross or a subtle body.

The mind appears to have consciousness on account of there being a ray of the Atman in it, in the form of a reflection, very much limited by its own constitution. Hence it will be clear that the individuality of a person is as much real or unreal as a reflection of a real object.

Though everything happens according to the Supreme Will, the Karma of the individual determines the form or shape of the experience that is to be had under the dispensation of this Will. It is not the Atman or the body that has any type of relative experience, though the body is a gross means of experience; it is the mind that has all this. More onQuestions Answers Occult Subjects By Rohit Anand